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TM infringement and false advertising claims related to putative open source software "fork" succeed

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It has trademark registrations for the word mark “NEO4J.” Neo4j originally offered a free and open source version of the Neo4j platform known as the Neo4j Community Edition, with limited features and no technical or administrative support. Neo4j ultimately considered PureThink’s Neo4j Government Edition to be a problem.

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Shutterstock: What License Allows Third – Party Transfer?

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Introduction Shutterstock is a global provider of licensed images, videos, audio and editing tools, that has revolutionized the way visual content can be accessed and used. It removes the restrictions on budget and print reproductions, enabling web distribution, copy printing and packaging, and out-of-home advertising impressions.

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Welcome Back to TM Incapability and Merely Informational USPTO Refusals

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Welcome back to another edition of Merely Informational and Incapable Marks. After all, in another context, a creative fusion of branding elements led to Owens-Corning overcoming “ well-settled ” law against color trademarks, when O-C linked its pink-insulation advertising campaign to the beloved Pink Panther cartoon.